ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,716, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Controlling a position of a covering material of a battery-powered motorized window treatment" was invented by Jackson Burlew (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Robert Jesse Thompson (Bethlehem, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As described herein, a motorized window treatment may be configured to synchronize its covering material with other motorized window treatments if movement of the covering material has been delayed. The motor drive unit may receive a message including a command via wireless signals, and rotate a roller tube to adjust a present position of...